On Jul 7, 11:43 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 7 čnc, 22:55, David Sanders <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > [I am using 'Sage Version 4.4.4, Release Date: 2010-06-23', downloaded > > a couple of days ago as the Ubuntu 10.04 binary package, used in > > Kubuntu 10.04.] > > > I am just starting out with Sage, and I am very impressed over all. > > But after using it pretty intensively for 2 days, I find that I have a > > couple of niggles with the notebook interface. > > > Is there a key combination for deleting the previous word? I see that > > someone once asked about the Ctrl+Backspace behaviour, which I have to > > admit I also use a lot (in Kubuntu), so I often find myself > > accidentally putting together cells I didn't want to. > > > So: > > (1) Is there a built-in key combination for deleting a word? Deleting > > by hand (without the mouse) is tedious without this. I remark that in > > bash, the combination for this is Alt-Backspace, which seems to me > > could be a good option either for word deletion, or for cell joining. > > Hi, I use shift+arrow and then delete keys.
Ah, that's a good idea. I guess you mean shift+ctrl+arrow (to highlight the whole word at once) and then backspace. It's still twice as complicated as, and less natural (for me) than, ctrl+backspace or alt+backspace, though. Thanks, David. > > Robert -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: http://www.sagemath.org
